Anyone who doesn't agree with the Left's approach to immigration oftentimes gets stigmatized as anti-immigrant or anti-Hispanic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The left claims that Republicans hate Hispanics, which is just the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard, and the right just claims all we need to do is close the borders and do nothing else, which is also ridiculous.
A big part of the anti-immigration narrative is the perception that the majority of immigrants are poor, uneducated, and unskilled.
The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement.
I'm not anti-immigration.
Conservatives, in general, are anti-immigrant for the same reasons they have always been anti-immigrant - a proud tradition in our nation of immigrants going back to the days of the Founders, when Ben Franklin thought we were going to be overrun by Germans. But Business likes illegal workers.
Conservatives aren't anti-immigrant - conservatives are pro-legal immigration.
Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists.
When the Left doesn't want to make abortion the issue, they say you're being against minorities.
Immigration in America is a highly polarized issue and there are passionate views on both sides.
Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.